Abstract: The objective of this Paper is to carry out a case study in finding an optimal combination of design, material designation and geometry modification of the flywheel which results in increasing the overall energy storing capacity of the flywheel. The geometrical design of the flywheel and the material of the flywheel are the considered variables here. Optimum flywheel is chosen on the basis of weight, energy density, energy storing capacity and specific energy of the flywheel. Considering the amount of variables and results, for better selection of the flywheel design a (DOE) Design of Experiments is chosen along with using Finite Element Analysis. Using both these approaches the best possible flywheel is obtained for better energy storage.
Keywords: Increasing energy, parametric optimization, Flywheel, FE Analysis, FEA-Design, Energy Density, Material characterization, Taguchi Method
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